First Look: "Napoleon Dynamite" Animated TV Series

20th Century Fox Television has greenlit an animated teen-friendly series based on the "Napoleon Dynamite" film, written and produced by Jared Hess (director of movie), Jerusha Hess (co-writer of movie) and Mike Scully ("The Simpsons").

The comedy follows the misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho. Fox has picked up six episodes of the show, with the original cast on board to voice the characters, including John Heder.

In addition, we also have a promo shot from "Napoleon Dynamite" TV show, featuring a look at the main characters. Check it out below.

Napolean Dynamite was overrated crap. The only really funny part was when he danced at the end, I must admit I totally cracked up at that part but maybe that was just because the rest of the movie was a snoozefest and then there was finally something funny. (And it was pretty late. You know how you seem to be more affected by humour when it's late and you're a bit tired?) Then again maybe that was the point and it was intentionally crap all the way through until the dancing at the end, like a punchline to a surreal joke? It does seem blatently inspired by Weird Al Yankovic's "That Boy Can Dance" though. An original Weird Al song being parodied, who'da thunk it? Lol! As for the cartoon, I don't quite see how that's going to work for the aforementioned reason.